Taranaki Surf

Detailed Taranaki surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Taranaki. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Taranaki. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Taranaki over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Taranaki and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Taranaki Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Taranaki Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Taranaki coastline are also listed below.

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	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	17	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	2300	4090	3560	3682	1919	1447	1261	1429	1624	1396	1786	1277	2266	1627	1071	634	491	196	109	66	49	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:19PM 2.64		4:47AM 2.67	5:24PM 2.59		6:01AM 2.65		6:44PM 2.74	7:11AM 2.71		7:59PM 3.24	8:11AM 2.78		8:51PM 3.41	9:14AM 3.28		9:38PM 3.54	10:00AM 3.37		10:20PM 3.22	10:37AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00AM 0.48		10:32PM 1.06	11:15AM 0.56		11:51PM 0.69		12:23PM 0.55	1:01AM 0.62		1:28PM 0.47	2:13AM 0.78		2:24PM 0.34		3:04AM 0.63	3:26PM 0.53		3:51AM 0.52	4:11PM 0.44		4:34AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	13	10	11	12	9	11	12	8	10	11	9	11	12	10	13	12	9	12	13	11	12
Low °C	8	12	9	9	10	8	9	9	7	7	9	8	8	10	9	8	10	8	10	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	9	12	8	9	11	7	11	12	5	8	10	6	10	11	8	13	12	7	11	13	10	10
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	19	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	18	-	5	5	-	-	-	23	-	15	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	3	6	5	4	-	4	-	3	-	2	2

	Saturday 19					Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	17	16	17	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	3281	2848	2559	3016	3182	3560	3428	3825	3682	3301	3096	1631	1611	1447	1429	1261	1261	1245	1429	1611	3130	1624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:21PM 2.65				4:47AM 2.67				5:37PM 2.94					6:03AM 2.96				6:44PM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)		10:06AM 0.49				10:39PM 0.68				11:15AM 0.56				11:49PM 0.66					12:30PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	11	11	12	9	10	9	9	9	11	12	10	9	9	9	8	9	11	12	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	11	9	9	7	7	7	9	11	9	7	8	8	6	7	11	12	7	6	5
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	18	17	16	17	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 W	0.4 W	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	23	-	21	21	20	20	18	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 19	Sunday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 W	2.1 WSW	1.2 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	20	16	19
Energy(?)	3440	2323	2300	2451	2911	3533	3533	4429	4090	3950	4170	2538	2348	2483	2271	2354	2098	2177	2133	2113	3428	2016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:21PM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:32PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	8	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	9	7	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	9	9	10	10	10	7	7
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 W	1.3 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 W
Period (s)	20	19	19	24	19	18	18	18	-	-	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-